by Jennifer on February 21, 2010
Journey North is a year-long, free nature adventure event for youth. The major activity season for Journey North actually kicks off in February but kids can join up at any time. Through May (and beyond) there’s plenty of learning and fun to be had.
WHAT IS JOURNEY NORTH?
A North American adventure for kids that allows them to log-in online (for free) and participate in a safe website experience that offers a, “Global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change.” Students K-12, chat and post about their personal nature field observations with other students across the country. Homeschoolers or unschoolers will really enjoy this project as well.
The site is totally kid-safe and encourages youth to observe various natural changes in their local community as they occur throughout the year. For example, kids learn how to watch for and track things like the life and migration patterns of animals (monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, and bald eagles to name a few), newly sprouting plants, weather changes and much more.
Journey North gives students a view into local natural worlds that they might not otherwise get to learn about. For example, a kid living in New York can get a taste of Oregon wildlife and vice vs.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Keep on reading this post!
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by Jennifer on December 21, 2009
Green living to me, when you have kids especially, is a lot about learning to appreciate nature. Fact – kids who don’t love nature, who don’t have awesome nature experiences won’t care enough about nature to preserve it. In the winter it’s hard to make time to get outside. You’ve got to bundle up, fit in time around holiday events, and people have a general sense of wanting to stay indoors where it’s cozy. Still, you can incorporate some fun and nature minded family outings into your schedule. It’ll pay off in the long run with kids who adore being outside and who hopefully want to do all they can to keep nature clean and healthy.
SNOWY FUN
- Make snow angels or a snow fort.
- Have a snowball fight.
- If it’s really cold and snowy, grab some organic, natural maple syrup and pour some on the snow in pretty shapes, it’ll harden into candy.
- If you’ve got a sled use it. If you don’t have a sled, why not get a winter sled
?
- Sleds aren’t the only thing you can slide with try an inner tube as well.
- Play tic-tac-toe in the snow. Use found nature objects as markers (pine cones, sticks, etc.)
- Make a cardboard bulls-eye, hang it from a tree, make a pile of snowballs and let the kids throw like mad.
GROW SOME FUN Keep on reading this post!
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